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1 - P1378636
James Malcom
Facebook 22/07/2020
P1378636
(9+5)
Promotion to king or queen, depending on location (-:
#2
1. h8=DK!
1. ... Lxc3 2. DKxf6xd4xb2#
1. ... Lc5, L~ 2. Lxe5#
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A.Buchanan: Hi James, tiny point. Does 1. ... La7 allow both 2. GKxf6xd4# and 2. Lxe5# ? Can this be fixed by shifting wBc7 to b8? (2023-07-01)
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Keywords: Draughts / Checkers (Englisch), Joke, Joke promotion (draughts king)
Pieces: ku = Draughts King (DK)
Genre: 2#, Fairies
FEN: 8/2B3pP/6P1/4p3/3b4/2P1p2P/4P1Bk/5K1N
Reprints: MatPlus.net Forum 22/07/2020
Input: A.Buchanan, 2020-07-31
Last update: A.Buchanan, 2023-08-11 more...
2 - P1404281
Mikhail Mikhaylov
3 Shakhmatna Misl , p. 160, 10/1956
P1404281
(8+6) cooked
#2
1. d8=sS! droht 2. g8=S#
1. ... Sb7 2. Sd7#
1. ... Sc6 2. Te6#
1. ... Se6 2. Se4#
1. ... Sf7 2. Sg4#
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Cook: (found by Henrik Juel, 2022-09-12)
1. d8=sL! droht 2. g8=S#
1. ... Lc7 2. Sd7#
Henrik Juel: Popeye 4.61 finds no solution (2022-09-11)
Henrik Juel: Joke problem
1.d8=sL?? thr. 2.g8=S#
1... Lc7 2.Sd7# (2022-09-12)
Mario Richter: Does Henrik's answer show that the problem is cooked? (2022-09-12)
Henrik Juel: Yes, Mario (2022-09-12)
A.Buchanan: Could it be that bRb6 is meant to be on a6? (2022-09-13)
A.Buchanan: The point being that with bRa6, 1. d8=sL? La5! (not Lc7/Lb6 2. Sd7#/Te6#) So bishop promotion becomes a thematic try. (2022-09-13)
Mario Richter: I have access to the original issue of 'Shakhmatna Misl', so I can confirm that the black rooks are on a7 and b6. I checked some of the following issues to see, if there was a mentioning a of the cook and/or a correction, but without success.
Changing the cook 1. d8=sL! into a try would be nice, but I think the purpose of black Tb6 is to prevent the defense 1. ... Db3!, so unless I'm missing something, Andrew's suggestion doesn't work. (2022-09-13)
A.Buchanan: Thanks Mario - I didn't check enough. If further one swaps bQb8 with bRa7, and pushes wK to h2 further out of harms way, then I think the =S solution & =L try are sound: 1r6/q2Pp1P1/r4k1N/2N3R1/5p1P/8/4R2K/8 (2022-09-13)
James Malcom: Nice find, Mario; sweet fix, Andrew. (2022-09-14)
A.Buchanan: Thanks James. r7/q2Pp1P1/r4k1N/2N3R1/7P/8/8/4RK2 further saves a pawn and has better positions for the remote units. I suggest attribution is MM correction HJ,MR,AB. (2022-09-15)
A.Buchanan: Alternatively r7/q2Pp1P1/r4k1N/2N3R1/5p1K/8/8/4R3 economizes a wP rather than a bP. I don't know which version my esteemed co-creators would prefer to record this momentous achievement for posterity. I don't see a way to reach Meredith (2022-09-17)
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Keywords: Joke promotion, Joke, Superseded by (P1404422)
Genre: 2#
FEN: 1q6/r2Pp1P1/1r3k1N/2N3R1/5p1P/8/4RK2/8
Input: Mario Richter, 2022-09-11
Last update: A.Buchanan, 2022-09-18 more...
3 - P1404282
Mikhail Mikhaylov
2 Shakhmatna Misl , p. 160, 10/1956
P1404282
(6+1)
#2
1. a8=sS (Zugzwang)
1. ... Sc7 2. Sb8#
1. ... Sb6 2. Tc5#
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Henrik Juel: Popeye 4.61 finds no solution (2022-09-11)
SCHRECKE: 1. a8=sS!
1. ... Sb6 2. Tc5#
1. ... Sc7 2. Sb8# (2022-09-12)
Henrik Juel: A joke problem, I see... (2022-09-12)
Mario Richter: Sorry, Henrik, I thought you've learned from the past that I sometimes can't resist to present a little trap. I was sure you would detect that popeye finds no solution to this seemingy simple position, but I expected that you - knowing me - would conclude that there must be something more about it (even more, since I presented it at Weekend). So I hope you can forgive me my little joke ... :-) (2022-09-12)
Henrik Juel: No problem, Mario
And Michael saw the trick (2022-09-12)
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Keywords: Rex solus (s), Joke promotion, Miniature, Joke
Genre: 2#
FEN: 2B5/PN6/N1k5/1R6/1K6/8/8/8
Input: Mario Richter, 2022-09-11
Last update: A.Buchanan, 2022-09-13 more...
4 - P1404283
Mikhail Mikhaylov
1 Shakhmatna Misl , p. 160, 10/1956
P1404283
(4+5)
#2
1. Tf7 droht 2. gxh8=sT#
1. ... e1=D 2. gxh8=sT#
1. ... Se7,Sf6 2. g8=sS#
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Henrik Juel: Popeye 4.61 finds no solution (2022-09-11)
Henrik Juel: A third joke problem with two fake mates
No zugzwang, but the threat 2.gxh8=sT??# (2022-09-12)
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Keywords: Joke promotion, Joke
Genre: 2#
FEN: 6nr/R5Pk/7p/7P/8/8/K3p3/8
Input: Mario Richter, 2022-09-11
Last update: A.Buchanan, 2022-09-14 more...
5 - P1404422
Mikhail Mikhaylov
Henrik Juel
Mario Richter
Andrew Buchanan

PDB Website 17/09/2022
MM, correction HJ, MR & AB
P1404422
(7+6) C+
#2v (-:
1. d8=sL? droht 2. g8=S#
1. ... Lc7 2. Sd7#
1. ... Lb6 2. Te6#
but 1. ... La5!

1. d8=sS! droht 2. g8=S#
1. ... Sb7 2. Sd7#
1. ... Sc6 2. Te6#
1. ... Se6 2. Se4#
1. ... Sf7 2. Sg4#
play all play one stop play next play all
Henrik Juel: Try 1.d8=sL? thr. 2.g8=S#, 1... Lc7/Lb6 2.Sd7/Te6#, but 1... La5!
Solution 1.d8=sS thr. 2.g8=S#, 1... Sa7/Sc6/Se6/Sf7 2.Sd7/Te6/Se4/Sg4#
Thanks for your efforts, Andrew (2022-09-18)
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Keywords: Joke, Joke promotion (sl)
Genre: 2#
Computer test: C+ Popeye v4.87, using PostKeyPlay option to simulate promotion to foreign officers
FEN: r7/q2Pp1P1/r4k1N/2N3R1/5p1K/8/8/4R3
Input: A.Buchanan, 2022-09-18
Last update: A.Buchanan, 2023-05-21 more...
6 - P1406967
Georg August Kohlrausch
Bremer Nachrichten 1949
P1406967
(5+4)
#3
1. h8=K! (Zugzwang)
1. ... f6 2. Kg7 Kg4 3. Kxh6#
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'Schach-Echo' empfiehlt, zum Lösen Hochprozentiges einzusetzen: "... eine lustige Aufgabe, die aber nur am Silvester-Abend richtig gelöst werden kann. Wir geben allen, die sich mit dem Stück befassen wollen, den gut gemeinten Rat, erst in gehobener Stimmung zu versuchen, das Rätsel zu lösen. Mit König Alkohol im Bunde dürfte es am besten gelingen."
SCHRECKE: 1. h8=K! f6 2. Kg7 Kg4 3. Kxh6# - Hinweis: Alkohol schadet der Gesundheit!
Wünsche allen ein gesundes neues Jahr!! (2023-01-02)
Henrik Juel: This problem should be labelled joke, I think (2023-01-02)
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Keywords: Joke promotion, Joke
Genre: 3#
FEN: 6R1/5p1P/7p/5p1k/5P2/6P1/6K1/8
Reprints: Schach-Echo , p. 383, 1968
Input: Mario Richter, 2023-01-02
Last update: Rainer Staudte, 2023-01-02 more...
7 - P1413561
Saturnin Limbach
95 Slowo Polskie 134 18/05/1925
P1413561
(8+1)
#2
nach Bliguer-Regeln
1. Sd8-b7! Ke8xd7 2. e7-e8=sS#
1. ... Ke8xf7 2. e7-e8=sS#
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Autor: Saturnin Limbach, Lwów
Henrik Juel: another joke:
it is Black to move, because he has no last move (2023-11-17)
Ladislav Packa: Henrik: In the spirit of the joke, it would be -Sa7, +wRc1 (it has no orthodox solution). The last move would be 0. ...c1wR. (2023-11-17)
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Keywords: Joke promotion (s), Rex solus (s)
Genre: Fairies
FEN: 3Nk2K/N2RPRB1/8/5P2/8/8/8/8
Input: Marcin Banaszek, 2023-11-17
Last update: Gunter Jordan, 2023-11-17 more...
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